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• lashdot effect n. 1. Also spelled "/. effect"; what is said to have happened when a website being virtually unreachable because too many people are hitting it after the site was mentioned in an interesting article on the popular Slashdot news service.
  The term is quite widely used by /. readers, including variants like "That site has been slashdotted again!...
• Operation Desert Slash WASHINGTON, D.C. -- High officials in the US military are planning on putting the 'Slashdot Effect' to use against Iraq.
  Pentagon computer experts think that the Slashdot Effect could topple key Net-connected Iraqi computer systems....
• Treaty of Helsinki Signed HELSINKI, FINLAND -- A cease-fire in the flame war between Linux and FreeBSD has been reached.
  A group of two dozen Linux and FreeBSD zealots met in Helsinki to ratify a treaty bringing a temporary end to the hostile fighting between both camps....
• Jargon Coiner (#2) An irregular feature that aims to give you advance warning of new jargon that we've just made up.
  * SLASHDUP EFFECT, THE: Accidentally posting two or more duplicate comments to Slashdot, usually as the result of hitting ENTER at the wrong time or fumbling with the Preview option....
• ARE YOU ADDICTED TO SLASHDOT? Take this short test to find out if you are a Dothead.
  1. Do you submit articles to Slashdot and then reload the main page every 3....
• Could You Get Fired for Visiting Slashdot? PADUCAH, KY -- Matt Johnson, an employee at Paradigm Shift Consulting, Inc.
  was fired from his programming job because of his addiction to Slashdot....
• MAKE MONEY FAST FROM SLASHDOT!!!!!! You are probably familiar with the Slashdot.
  org "News for Nerds" site. You've probably heard about the "Slashdot Effect"....
• Dave Finton gazes into his crystal ball... January 2099
  Rob Malda Finally Gets His Damned Nano-Technology The Linux hacker community finally breathed a collective sigh of relief when it was announced that Rob Malda finally got his damned nanotechnology....
• The Latest Get-Rich-Quick Scheme: Bashing Linux As used by Jesse Berst and Fred Moody.
  .. 1. Write a scathing article attacking some facet of Linux and publish it 2....